What are the effects of Opiates?
General effects of narcotic analgesics include: sedation, slowed reflexes, raspy speech, sluggish “rubber-like” movements, slowed breathing, cold skin, and possible vomiting. However, as a user continues to abuse narcotic analgesics he or she will build a tolerance to the drug, therefore causing the effects to diminish. If the abuser wishes to maintain the same effect, he or she will have to take steadily larger doses as the tolerance develops. If a user is addicted to opiates he or she will suffer withdrawal symptoms if they don’t receive another dose, or “fix”, before the drug is completely out of their system. Withdrawal effects can be chills, aches of the muscles and joints, nausea and insomnia.
